Hasselblad XCD overview

Presenting an ultra-wide field of view, the XCD 21mm f/4 is a 17mm-equivalent wide-angle prime designed for Hasselblad's mirrorless medium format XCD system. Well suited for landscape, interior, and architectural photography, this lens is also characterized by its close minimum focusing distance of 1' for creative close-up imaging. Matching the sophistication of the system, this lens features a pair of aspherical elements in its optical design, which helps to reduce spherical aberrations and distortion in order to realize high sharpness and accurate rendering. Like other XCD lenses, the 21mm f/4 has an integrated Central Lens Shutter that is capable of shutter speeds up to 1/2000 sec with flash sync at all speeds, and its internal autofocus design can be manually overridden for precise manual focusing control.

Hasselblad XCD reviews

XCD 21mm f/4 Lens is rated
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Stunning images, much quieter, but a little heavierThe first impression I've had in using this new lens is that the resulting images are just stunning!! The second is that when triggered it's much quieter than my other Hasselblad XCD lenses, which is going to be golden when using it in public settings such as concerts, weddings etc. However the third impression is that it's a little heavier in comparison to my other Hasselblad XCD lenses.
To help with the weight I ended up changing out the supplied Hasselblad neck strap for a "Sun-Sniper Sniper Strap Rotaball One with Rotaball Connector" strap. Doing so makes for an excellent and very comfortable combination.
Overall I'm delighted with this new lens and hope other Hasselblad X1D-50c will consider try using as well as adding it to their inventory. I'm also finding the more I use the Hasselblad X1D-50 the more comfortable I'm becoming with some of the things, which at first, were different than using my Canon and Nikon systems.